Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
मायापुर्यां मुक्तिपुर्यां शिवशर्मा द्विजोत्तमः । मृतोपि मोक्षं नैवाप ब्रूहि तत्कारणं विभो
māyāpuryāṃ muktipuryāṃ śivaśarmā dvijottamaḥ | mṛtopi mokṣaṃ naivāpa brūhi tatkāraṇaṃ vibho
مایاپُری—مکتی پُری—میں شِوشَرما نامی برہمنِ برتر نے مرنے کے بعد بھی موکش حاصل نہ کیا۔ اے قادرِ مطلق، اس کی وجہ بتائیے۔
Lopāmudrā (questioning)
Tirtha: Māyāpurī / Muktipurī (as stated)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Lopāmudrā, brows slightly knit, asks Agastya about a brāhmaṇa named Śivaśarmā who died in a liberation-city yet failed to attain mokṣa; the scene carries a sense of sacred mystery and moral seriousness.
FAQs
A sacred place is not a substitute for inner qualification and dharma; the Purāṇas often probe the true causes behind liberation.
Māyāpurī is called a mukti-purī (city of liberation), invoked to discuss the doctrine of liberation in sacred places.
None; it is a doctrinal question about mokṣa and its causes.